Fairview Creamery, under the management of
E. S. Illsley, has been able to render a greater service to
the farmers and dairymen of Western Kings this year by virtue
of the greatly increased price of butterfat. Not since 1929,
when an all-time high was reached, has the price of butterfat
been so high as it has been the past winter. Last week the
price was 37c. which is 20% higher than last year at this
time. With such conditions prevailing there is a much
brighter outlook for the dairy industry and the returns to
the farmers are limited only by the amount of cream they can
produce. Stocks of butter are still low and in all
probability fairly high prices will be maintained for some
time to come. Last year Fairview Creamery produced upwards of
a quarter of a million pounds of butter without reaching is
capacity output and with prevailing high prices as an
incentive to farmers to produce more cream, this years
business at the Creamery should reach a new high.

Testing of the cream when received from the
farmers is very carefully done in order to ensure correct
returns to the shippers. Each can of cream is weighed on a
government tested and certified scale and then a proper test
is made of the cream and a record posted. A return is made to
the shipper when the carrier returns for the next shipment
and every effort is made to give a satisfactory service. A
regular schedule of collections is made by two trucks and
this winter there has been very little interruption in the
service. It was not until the roads were closed, while the
frost was coming out, that it was found necessary to collect
the cream with horse-drawn vehicles.

The plant of this creamery is up-to-date
with modern equipment housed in a commodious building. Two
pastuerizers of 1,700 pound and one churn of 800 pound
capacity are used and usually two churnings are made each day.
In the manufacture of butter every care is taken by the
Creamery to have it of uniform quality. All utensils used are
kept scrupulously clean; even the rotary pump, which is used
to transfer cream from the pastuerizers to the churn, is made
a sanitary material and is taken apart after each churning
and sterilized. After printing the butter is packed and
placed in the refrigerator until shipped twice a week.

Last year chocolate dairy drinks and "Green
Spot" orangeade were marketed by Fairview Creamery,
which found a ready sale. The district covered by this
service is to be extended this year and a considerable
increase in output is anticipated. New machinery has been
installed including a bottle washer and an automatic bottler.
The latter fills and caps the bottles. Deliveries of these
nourishing and tasty drinks, which are absolutely pure, are
made every two days. They are placed on the market direct
from the refrigerator packed in ice to maintain the same
temperature while being transported to the dealer.

Fairview Creamery is one of Berwicks
thriving industries and not only provides a certain amount of
employment but renders a valuable service to the farmers of
the surrounding country by taking care of their products and
ensuring them a profitable return.

THE REGISTER

WEDNESDAY EVENING

OCTOBER 18, 1939

Fairview Creamery Well Equipped For
Increased Production

Fairview Creamery, one of Berwicks
thriving industries under the management of E. S. Illsley, is
well equipped for increased production to meet any special
demand for dairy products during the war period. When
interviewed by a Register representative Mr. Illsley stated
that prices for butterfat are rising and production
increasing.

Following a period of record high prices,
production was increased, but with a smaller export volume
large stocks were carried in storage in Canada resulting in
prices becoming greatly reduced. During the past year
production has been about fifteen per cent lower in the
Berwick district, due no doubt to the poor hay crop and lower
prices for butterfat.

Prospects are bright for good business for
dairy farmers during this season. Butterfat is now priced at
29 cents and rising, which is 9 cents higher than the lowest
point reached a few months ago. While stocks in Canada are
still large there is no surplus in Nova Scotia and dairymen
could greatly increase their production before the provincial
market would be satisfied. With the probability of large
shipments being made overseas, prices will no doubt increase.
It is not expected however, that prices will reach the record
high of 1938 as the British government has regulated the
London price and the Wartime Prices Board is expected to
standardize Canadian prices.

The plant of Fairview Creamery is up-to-date
with modern equipment and last year produced in the vicinity
of a quarter of a million pounds of butter without reaching
its capacity. With the excellent prospects of fair prices and
the call of the country to the patriotic duty of production
by the farmers, the contribution of this creamery to food
needs of the Empire should retain a high point.